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Angelo Favis, guitar
Guest artist
Angelo L. Favis is an active performer of solo and chamber
music, giving recitals in the United States and abroad. He was a featured soloist with the
Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, performed the
Illinois premiere of Stephen Goss’ Concerto of Colours with the Illinois State University
Wind Symphony.
A fan of contemporary classical music for the guitar, Angelo has given the world premieres
of several works, such as Laura Schwendinger’s Peu de Morceau and Roy Magnuson’s
thin, blue smoke.
He has served as an adjudicator in major competitions and is himself a prizewinner in the
American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition and the Eighth
International Solo Competition sponsored by the Guitar Foundation of America.
Angelo has given master classes in the U.S. and Asia, and has recorded two solo CDs,
Philippine Treasures, Vols. 1 & 2 - both recordings are available worldwide on the VGO
label.
He earned his B.M. and M.M. in Guitar Performance under Lawrence Ferrara and David
Tanenbaum at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and his D.M.A. from the
Manhattan School of Music under Nicholas Goluses and David Starobin.
He is on the faculty of the School of Music at Illinois State University as Professor of
Guitar.
